Privacy Policy

Purpose. This privacy policy (the “Policy”) explains how we collect, use, maintain
and disclose certain personal information from current and prospective residents
and employees. Personal information may be provided to us by you on our Website
(the “Site”), by phone, by email, in person or through other means, such as through
third-party vendors working with us.

Personal Information Defined. As used herein, “personal information” means information
by which you can be personally identified and includes a person’s first name or
first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following
items: (a) social security number; (b) driver’s license number or government-issued
identification number; (c) bank account number or credit or debit card number in
combination with or without any required security code, access code, or password
that would permit access to an individual’s financial account; (d) physical or email
address; (e) age or date of birth; (f) number of children; (g) education, occupation
or employment information; (h) telephone number; (i) real property purchased, leased,
or rented by you; or (j) debit card or credit card balance, payment history or information
pertaining to your credit, assets, income or liabilities. If you apply for employment
with us, personal information may also include your race, background check and drug
test results and employment verification and references. Personal information does
not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the
general public from the federal, state or local government.

Collection and Use of Personal Information. When you apply to rent an apartment
from us and during your residency with us, when you seek to work for us and during
your employment with us, we will ask you to disclose certain personal information
on your rental or employment application or other documents or areas of the Site.
This personal information will be collected, maintained and used by us for legitimate
business purposes, including: confirming your identity; determining your eligibility
to rent an apartment or suitability for employment when you apply and determining
that you continue to meet eligibility/suitability requirements during your lease
or employment term with us; completing the leasing process; requesting credit and
background check reports in connection with leasing or job applications; processing
job applications; contacting you in response to your inquiries, comments and suggestions
or when otherwise necessary; tracking use of the Site for internal market research
or Site improvement; for special promotions, contests or surveys regarding products
and services provided by us, our affiliates or partners; completing transactions
on the Site; notifying Site visitors about updates to the Site; providing our third-party
service providers with personal information as we believe necessary, as required
by law, regulation or as requested by government authorities; in connection with
any acquisition, merger, sale or other transfer of any portion of our business or
property; for internal business purposes; and for collection of amounts you may
owe.

Protection and Access to Personal Information. We will keep personal information
you provide to us in our files. If you become a resident in our apartment community,
we will keep personal information in a resident file. If you do not become a resident,
we will keep personal information in a general file. The property owner, property
manager and, if applicable, agents and employees of the foregoing, will have access
to the files in accordance with this Policy and pursuant to security measures designed
to safeguard any personal information. We also reserve the right to disclose personal
information for business related reasons to others such as independent contractors,
credit reporting agencies, background check reporting agencies, collection agencies
or prospective purchasers of the property or their agents and employees as allowed
by law.

Disposal of Records Containing Personal Information. It is our policy to dispose
of business or customer records that contain personal information by shredding,
erasing or otherwise destroying physical or electronic media in a manner consistent
with this Policy so that it cannot practicably be read or reconstructed. We may
do so by contracting with a third party engaged in the business of record destruction.

Site Usage Information. We may directly or through our vendors collect information
through "cookies." Cookies are small strings of text sent by our Site to your browser
and then stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies help us understand
how you use our Site and other linked sites so that we can personalize and improve
your experience on our Site. We do not use cookies that store personal information
or associate cookie information with personal information you may provide us. Most
Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may change your browser settings
so it won’t accept cookies. In order to create a profile on our Site, you must have
your cookies turned on.

We collect anonymous information about the use of our Site, such as the number of
visitors, the length and time of their visits, the pages they view, the web browsers
they use, and other similar information. Such anonymous data may be used and disclosed
by us to third parties to improve our Site and better understand your needs. The
security of your personal information is important to us. While our security measures
are intended to protect your personal information, the complete security of any
transmission over the Web cannot be guaranteed.

Our Site may offer links to other sites for your convenience. Such sites may have
information, policies and practices different from our Site. We do not control and
are not responsible for the privacy policies, practices and/or content of such third-party
sites. Please contact such third-party sites directly for information regarding
such sites.

Conflicts. This Policy has been designed to meet the requirements of applicable
law with respect to the adoption of a privacy policy and applicable employment laws.
To the extent that such laws conflict with this Policy, we will act in accordance
with applicable laws. Nothing contained in this Policy shall constitute a representation
or warranty that personal information will not be misplaced, duplicated or stolen
and no liability is assumed with respect to any such occurrence.

Children. We do not collect or maintain information from persons we know are under
the age of 13, and we do not permit persons under the age of 13 to become registered
users of our Site. No part of our Site is structured to attract anyone under the
age of 13. By using our Site you represent that you are not under the age of 13.

Consent, Changes to the Policy. By using this Site and providing us with personal
information, you have consented to our contacting you by email to provide you with
information relating to the property you inquired about. You may opt out of any
future commercial email messages from us by choosing the link with instructions
on how to remove yourself from our email list. Please note that if you are a resident
of one of our apartment communities and you opt out of receiving commercial email
from us, you will continue to receive email from us regarding operational issues
surrounding your apartment, your lease and/or your community. We reserve the right,
at any time, to add to, modify or remove portions of this Policy. Please check back
to this page periodically to determine if the Policy has been changed. If this Policy
is changed, the date listed below will be changed and we will post a notice to that
effect on the Site’s home page for at least 30 days after the change. If you have
provided us with your email address, we may (but are not required to) send you an
email notifying you of the changes. Your continued use of this Site after any changes
have been made will constitute acceptance of the revised Policy.

Should you have other questions or concerns about this Policy, please send us an
email at webmaster@gid.com. Please note:
Only inquires regarding this Policy can be answered at this address.